Improvement in foot-rest attachments for hot-air registers



v I. KEYS. FOOT-REST ATTACHMENT FoRHoT-Am REGISTERS. No.1'74,256.Patented Feb.29,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KEYS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOT-REST ATTACHMENTS FOR HOT-Alf! REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 174,256, dated February29, 1876 application filed December 29, 1875.

' will enable others skilled in the art to. which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in foot-restfor attachment to hot-air registers; and it consists in the generaldetails of construction and arrangement of parts, all as will behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an endview, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View, of one of the clamps in whichthe foot-rest or shelf is secured.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

A A represent metallic clamps of any suitable ornamental pattern, havingoverlapping edges or flanges b I), and provided with slots or shelfadapted to fit within the said clamps, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. 0represents metallicbrackets, which are pivoted in the rear to theprojecting flanges c on the bottom of the clamps A, and at the front tothe shelf B, as shown at (1, Figs. 2 and 3.

The foot-rest or shelf B, which may be made of either wood or metal, isadjusted within the overlapping edges of the clamps A, and securedtherein by a bolt, screw, or other suitable means, and the brackets Oare hung within the projecting flanges c and d, as shown in thedrawings.

Within the slots at in the back of the clamps A are arranged metallichooks D, having B represents the foot-rest rounded heads, which may beadjusted at dif ferent positions requisite for the proper attachment ofthe invention to the scroll-work of a hot-air register. The brackets 0may be made of a thin metal, and are sufficiently strengthened for thepurpose intended by the T-shaped construction at the rear, as fullyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It will be observed that the shelf B may be readily and quickly attachedto the different styles of open scroll-work in the face of ordinaryhot-air registers. The hooks D, playing loosely in the slots a, can bemoved forward or back to fit within that part of the face of theregister which may be open at that point to which the hook is directed,and the end of the hooks catching behind the scroll-work of theregister, and the brackets turned in position under the shelf, therebyholding the same in a horizontal position as a rest for the feet.

By means of the hereinbefore-described details of construction, I amenabled to produce a foot-rest combining cheapness and durability withthe requisite degree of strength, and readily adapted to be folded up ina small space and carried from place to place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hereinbefore-described foot-rest consisting of the shelf B,metallic clamps A, and brackets O, pivoted in the bearings c and d,- theseveral parts being constructed, arranged, and combined to operate inconnection with the open scroll-work of a hotair register, substantiallyas described.

2. The metallic clamps A having overlapping edges b b, in combinationwith the shelf B and brackets O, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention, I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KEYS. Witnesses:

BERNARD HAVANAGH, W. T. BLAIRE, Sr.

